Maekawa Jiro
Variety of Persimmon · Diospyros kaki
Improved Jiro mutation – hardier, flat-square shaped and crisp-sweet with no astringency.
Also known as: Maekawa Jirou
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3🇯🇵 Japan 1953
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildcrispsweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Knospenmutation von Jiro
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 230 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, flattened-square, orange-red fruit with firm, crisp flesh.
Growth
PCNA type, considered hardier and more reliable than the original Jiro.
Yield
High, regular yields; a leading commercial cultivar in Japan.
Notes
Non-astringent, edible while firm; closely related to Jiro.
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